FULL SUS regular contributor, Di Carolin is in Cairns for the UCI MTB World Champs. Here’s her first hand report on the Men’s U23 XCO race Pinch me! Yep! I can’t believe it but I was standing on the side of the XCO course in Cairns at the UCI U23 […]
Tag: Cycling South Africa
Youth Festival nurturing talent in Oudtshoorn
12 June 2017 – The annual Oudtshoorn Youth Festival took place in the Western Cape last week from 3-5 July, and young athletes displayed outstanding talent on a bicycle from the various surrounding regions. The emphasis of the event was on mass participation, and it created an opportunity for all […]
CSA’S NEW COACHING COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
Johannesburg-based coach, Alasdair Garnett, has been appointed Chairman of the Cycling South Africa’s Coaching Commission. The voluntary position has no historical mandate but forms part of Cycling South Africa’s high-performance plans. Garnett, using his experience in running businesses and coaching, intends to help structure the governing body’s coaching division to […]
Bere set for LOAD National MTB Cup Series XCO
19-year-old Komborero Bere is a man with a big heart and even bigger cycling dreams. Bere will be headed to Tshwane to take part in the second round of the LOAD National MTB Cup Series Cross-country (XCO) race at Wolwespruit Bike Park in Tswhane on Saturday 15 April. Bere began […]
Cycling South Africa News – Reid and Strauss lead from the gun at final local Olympic qualifier
15 May 2016 – James Reid (Team Spur) and Mariske Strauss (Novus OMX Pro Team) displayed their athletic dominance amidst perfect weather conditions and energised crowds when they raced against some of the country’s top mountain bike enthusiasts at Settlers Park Nature Reserve in the fourth round of the Stihl […]
Team announcement for MTB Marathon World Champs – Laissac (FRA)
11 May 2016 – Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following rider has been selected to represent South Africa at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Laissac, France, on 25-26 June. Robyn de Groot has been selected in line with […]
Knox and De Groot dominate SA MTB Marathon Champs
Max Knox and Robyn de Groot emerged the victors at the third round of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series this year, which played host to the 2016 South African Mountain Bike Marathon Championships in Clarens, today. De Groot made it her fourth consecutive National Title while it was Knox’s […]
World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list (January 2016)
25 January 2016 – Cycling South Africa has uploaded the 2016 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Anti-doping Code International Standard Prohibited List to our website, which is in effect from 1 January 2016. We urge you as members, cyclists, athletes, coaches, managers, medical commissions and all other role players within the […]
Adverse analytical finding – out-of-competition test
17 December 2015 – Cycling South Africa reports that mountain bike cyclist Rourke Croeser returned an adverse analytical finding in an out-of-competition test conducted on 30 August 2015. The analytical report confirmed the presence of Recombinant EPO in his urine sample. Mr. Croeser elected to have his B sample analysed […]
Correction to National team announcement for MTB XCO and DHI Worlds
Due to technical reasons the names of the Junior team members chosen to represent South Africa at the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Vallnord, Andorra (31 August to 6 September), were omitted from the official team announcement that was disseminated on Monday. The correction is noted below […]